{"product_id":"e74-ethiopia-guji-hambela-wate-kurume-washed-toh-2026","title":"E74 Ethiopia Guji Hambella Wate Kurume Washed G1 | 2026 TOH 5th Place Lot","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" style=\"font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.75; color: #5e4905; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: anywhere; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #F7F0E6; padding: 22px 18px; border-radius: 14px; margin: 0 0 22px; border-left: 4px solid #c5a065; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1.4px; color: #8a6f36; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px;\"\u003eE74 · ETHIOPIA GUJI HAMBELLA WATE · KURUME WASHED G1\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.4; color: #3b321f;\"\u003eGuji Hambella Wate Kurume Washed\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; color: #5e5546;\"\u003eThe same lot that placed 5th in the washed category at the 2026 AFCA Taste of Harvest. Grown between 2250 and 2400 metres, pure Kurume heirloom. Roasted light: lemon custard carries yuzu tea and bergamot, peach gummies and lychee follow, and it closes on a long gardenia finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"font-size: 21px; margin: 0 0 14px; color: #5e4905;\"\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 18px 16px; border: 1px solid #e7ddcc; border-radius: 12px; background: #fff;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #5e4905; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eLemon Custard · Yuzu Tea · Peach Gummies · Bergamot · Gardenia · Lychee\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #666;\"\u003eWhite florals lead the aroma. The cup opens with a rounded lemon custard sweetness rather than sharp acidity, moves through yuzu tea and bergamot with a faint pleasant bitterness for depth, then lifts into peach gummy and lychee fruit sweetness. The floral finish runs long and the body stays clean and tea-like.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #3b2f1f; color: #fff; border-radius: 14px; padding: 22px 18px; margin: 0 0 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1.4px; color: #d5b675; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px;\"\u003e2026 TASTE OF HARVEST · 5TH PLACE, WASHED\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"font-size: 21px; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0 0 10px; color: #fff;\"\u003eFifth Out of 43 Washed Entries\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; color: #e3e3e3;\"\u003eTaste of Harvest is the African Fine Coffees Association's flagship quality competition — Africa's closest equivalent to the Cup of Excellence. The 2026 edition was held in Addis Ababa in February, with 226 Ethiopian samples entered across natural, washed, honey and experimental categories. Forty-three of those were washed, and this Wate lot placed 5th among them. What we've brought in is that same lot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"font-size: 21px; margin: 0 0 14px; color: #5e4905;\"\u003eWhy Kurume Matters Here\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; font-size: 15px; color: #5e5546;\"\u003eWate was founded in 2019 by the Chirissa family to process coffee from the high mountains of West Guji. This lot grew between 2250 and 2400 metres — an altitude at which, in practice, only Kurume thrives well enough to produce quality cherry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; font-size: 15px; color: #5e5546;\"\u003eKurume differs from the common 74110 and 74112: those are disease-resistant selections bred by the Jimma Agricultural Research Center in the 1970s, while Kurume is an indigenous landrace. Its beans are noticeably small and hard and yields are low, but among Ethiopian heirlooms it stands out for aromatic intensity and sweetness, long associated with jasmine and a tea-like character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; color: #5e5546;\"\u003eAt this altitude cherries ripen slowly and are picked around a month later than surrounding regions. That extended maturation is what gives this coffee its fine acidity and sustained sweetness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"font-size: 21px; margin: 0 0 14px; color: #5e4905;\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid #e2d7c5; background: #fff; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #F7F0E6; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; font-weight: bold; color: #3b2f1f; width: 32%;\"\u003eCode\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #F7F0E6; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eE74\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; font-weight: bold; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eCountry\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eEthiopia\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #F7F0E6; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; font-weight: bold; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #F7F0E6; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eGuji · Hambella\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; font-weight: bold; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eStation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eWate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #F7F0E6; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; font-weight: bold; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eAltitude\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #F7F0E6; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003e2250 to 2400 m\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; font-weight: bold; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eVarietal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eKurume (indigenous landrace)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #F7F0E6; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; font-weight: bold; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eProcess\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #F7F0E6; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eWashed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; font-weight: bold; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eGrade\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eG1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #F7F0E6; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; font-weight: bold; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eCompetition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #F7F0E6; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eSame lot as 2026 TOH Ethiopia Washed, 5th place\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; font-weight: bold; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eRoast\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #e8dfd1; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eLight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #F7F0E6; font-weight: bold; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003eNet Weight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 12px 14px; background: #F7F0E6; color: #3b2f1f;\"\u003e200g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #faf8f4; border: 1px solid #e8dfd1; border-radius: 12px; padding: 20px; margin: 0 0 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"font-size: 20px; margin: 0 0 10px; color: #5e4905;\"\u003eA Starting Point\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; color: #444; font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePour over: 1 to 15 ratio, water at 92 to 94°C, medium-fine grind. Kurume beans are small and dense, so going a touch coarser than you would for a typical Ethiopian often balances better. The florals and tea character come through most fully at the higher end of that temperature range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #444; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eLight roasts have a narrow extraction window — brew once to this recipe before adjusting. Browse our \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/coffee-tools\" style=\"color: #8a6f36;\"\u003ebrewing gear\u003c\/a\u003e if you need anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #888; border-top: 1px solid #eee; padding-top: 14px;\"\u003e* Coffee is an agricultural product and the same lot will taste different under different roast and brew conditions. Tasting notes are our roaster's own and your experience may differ.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Quality Life Coffee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650662850583,"sku":null,"price":130.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/7179\/2663\/files\/40F7C785-C859-4726-849C-EFFB922FCAD8.png?v=1790731949","url":"https:\/\/www.qualitylife.coffee\/en\/products\/e74-ethiopia-guji-hambela-wate-kurume-washed-toh-2026","provider":"Quality Life Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}